As it becomes easier to shop and spend from the comfort of our homes, saving money needs to be easier too. There are some practical ways to automate savings and reach your financial goals.
While 2022 is just around the corner, some risks to our financial wellbeing are already here. Inflation, stock market valuations and even interest rates are all in the spotlight and all three have the potential to inflict some financial pain. But it is possible to plan ahead and protect your personal financial wellbeing.
From a personal finance perspective, were stagflation to take hold, it would have a very significant and negative impact on the value of money held in savings, income, pension payments and even employment prospects. As inflation erodes the buying power of money, the real value of money held on deposit falls in tandem with the prevailing rate of inflation.
What Ireland needs now is some amount of firm intervention at State level. The setting up of a State bank with the sole responsibility to either underwrite, guarantee or purchase mortgage loans (off the books of commercial banks) would be one way of supporting the overall population to access mortgage credit.